Sakowitz - Wikipedia
Sakowitz was a men's clothing store which grew into a small chain of family-owned high-end department stores based in Houston, Texas. It operated from 1902 until 1990.
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The Real Story of the Sakowitz Department Store Empire: A …
Architect Alfred C. Finn designed Sakowitz’s Art Moderne temple of fashion, which was the foremost department store in post-World War II Houston when it opened in 1951.
What ever happened to Robert Sakowitz – Texas Monthly
In December 1985 the boyish visage of Houston’s reigning retail mogul, Robert Sakowitz, stared out from the cover of Texas Monthly, his mischievous smile and famous vertical dimples betraying ...
Lynn Wyatt - Wikipedia
Lynn Wyatt (née Sakowitz; born July 16, 1935) [1] is a Houston socialite, philanthropist and third-generation Texan. Her grandfather and great-uncle started the Sakowitz Department Store chain.
How Texas Monthly Chronicled the Eighties Oil Bust Via a …
May 31, 2022 · Bobby Sakowitz dressed Houston’s most stylish through the seventies and eighties boom years. Then things went bust. An emotional moment on the downward spiral: Sakowitz employees gathered to ...
Sakowitz: A Legend in Houston Retail - Houston History Magazine
Apr 8, 2020 · This Houston Arts and Media video demonstrates why Sakowitz was the place to shop at in Downtown Houston. Before this article, Houston History students first created a video showcasing Sakowitz’s important to the city’s retail industry during the twentieth century.
Sakowitz opened its first family-owned department store site in 1951. The Art Moderne store at Main and Dallas, designed by architect Alfred C. Finn, became an iconic landmark for upscale Houston shoppers until
The Fraying Empire of Bobby Sakowitz – Texas Monthly
Robert Sakowitz set out to be a retail Renaissance man. Like his hero Leonardo da Vinci, he was going to do everything. And he did—including something he never imagined: fail.
Sakowitz, matriarch of retailing family, dies at 96 - Chron
Jan 20, 2010 · Ann Baum Sakowitz, mother of Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt and matriarch of the family whose specialty stores were a Houston fixture for decades, died Monday at home. She was 96.